The Nazi press today paused in its hysterical attacks on the United States to turn with redoubled fury on Austria and its “Jewish newspapers,” the Havas News Agency reported.
Der Angriff, Propaganda Minister Goebbels’ organ, even went so far as to assail the Austrian Government. Its pretext was a report published, and later denied, by the Vienna Telegraf to the effect that Dr. Otto Dietrich, Nazi party press chief in the Reich, had been arrested.
“Either the Austrian Government does not want to stop this press campaign or else it lacks the courage,” Der Angriff remarked.
The Deutsches Nachrichten Bureau, semi-official news agency, commented with satisfaction on the “Viennese Jew newspaper’s” denial, but added:
“In connection with this denial, however, the Jew publication had the unbelievable impudence to cast new suspicion by declaring the incident was undoubtedly a case of confusing the identity of Dr. Dietrich with that of a high Berlin stormtroop chief.”
The agency demanded Austrian Government action against the Telegraf, which is anti-Nazi and supports the Schuschnigg regime.
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